Proudly Made in Indonesia

Well, as an Indonesian, I know I should have used many local products. Too bad I honestly don't use local products that much. After joining an Indonesian forum, I realized that there are a lot of good local products but I was just too skeptical about them. It turns out that local products are just as good as the imported ones!

So now, I'll be reviewing Indonesian products that I've used lately regularly!

1. Bedak Saripohatji

The packaging is very simple and vintage (hell yeah since 1927!)

Well, if you understand Indonesian then you might find this instruction really funny.

Has anyone heard of this? It's one of my fave skincare products. It's a corn-grain shaped powder that helps to prevent and dry a zit. How do I use it: mix 2 - 3 grains with white rose water (you can find the white rose water at Century, Guardian or hypermarkets, I'm using the one from Mustika Ratu), then use them as a facial mask. Leave them for 3 hours, after that you just need to clean it with your bare hand, no wash needed. Do this every night and leave it naturally until morning. Another good thing about this product is the cheap price! I bought five of them for IDR 10k! Yup. Only one USD :D so cheap yet effective!
Repurchase: YES

2. Mizzu Eyeliner Pen

I bought the brown color. They sell the black color as well.

The packaging comes perfectly fine with bubble wrap,
but I accidentally cut the packaging along the bubble wrap, that's why it looks messy.
As the ingredients, they are safe since it's registered to Indonesian FDA.

This eyeliner pen was such a phenomenon on Instagram, lots of public figure endorse it so I was curious ever since.

Even though I am not a newbie when it comes to eyeliners, I still find applying liners to my eye is somewhat difficult. LOL. Most of blogger's reviews about this eyeliners are it is an eyeliner for a newbie, but why do I find using a pen eyeliner is harder than the pencil or liquid ones? I don't know if it's only me or what. More practice needed, maybe?

Overall, the brown color turns out to be lighter than my usual liquid eyeliner which I almost never wear. I have these asian eyelids, although mine aren't monolids, but I feel like wearing eyeliners make my eyes appear smaller.

It's waterproof and it will still look okay as long as you don't rub it. Mine stays for 8 hours.

Price: IDR 20k
Repurchase: Probably YES

3. Mizzu Power Volume Mascara

They have a decent packaging, yes?

Mascara only come in black color, it is waterproof.

I like the wand.

For me wearing a mascara is a must, I curl my lashes first of course before coating my eyelashes. What I love about this mascara is the wand applicator, it won't make your eyelashes clumpy. I do apply 2 coats, though. Tip: make sure let it dry between coats. What I dislike about this mascara is the waterproof statement because it wasn't that waterproof. It'd probably work fine with people with curly lashes by nature, but not for me unfortunately *sighs*. Since it doesn't hold my curls, it was too time consuming for me to curl my lashes again.

Price: IDR 30k

Repurchase: NO

4. Marcks' Beauty Powder

 The front packaging.

I bet most of Indonesians must've seen this product!

It has salicylic acid in it! Which a plus side for people who have acne prone skin like me :)

I got mine the creme shade, it has three shade: white, rose, and creme. I've been researching before buying this, the creme color apparently still looks too whitey for most Indonesian. However, it blends quickly with my CC cream. It has a weird fragrance at first but I think I slowly get used to it. The powder is a loose powder. I prefer applying this powder with brush. Besides it's affordable price, you can find this loose powder easily everywhere. Even at your nearest mini mart!

Price: IDR 13k (it doesn't come with powder puff nor a mirror)

Repurchase: YES

HAPPY EARLY VALENTINE'S DAY, LOVES!! Let's spread the love everyday! ♡

P.S: I bought all of the products online, except the Marcks' Beauty Powder. If you are interested in buying them, I could give you the contact person. If you wonder why I didn't even write the contact person, well it's because this is not a promotional purpose anyways :P

Daily Essentials

Hi, all my lovely readers! I'm back to share my daily essentials, which I find that these products really worth every penny, work like magic and I would deff re-purchase.

1. A must-have product for my face:

Avène Eau Thermale Spring Water

Price: IDR 230k per 330ml

Review: I do facial treatment every month and I have this sensitive skin. I've been using it since September 2013, and I'm glad I found it even if it's a wee late. Before using this, I was using Evian and Tony Moly, but none of them really sooth my skin. Evian was just refreshing, while TonyMoly was err, I bought it wrong so it kinda breaks me out. Nice smell, though. Review about TonyMoly can be read here. Despite the expensive price, this product does help me reduce redness post-chemical peeling and facial treatment and spray it every hour during those three crazy days (those who do facial treatment know exactly how crazy the facial skin is post chem-peel). For a daily routine, I spray it to my face before using toner and after applying makeup. I do advise to buy the largest bottle like mine, it saves more money. It comes in three sizes, 50ml, 150ml and 330ml. 

Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner

Price: IDR 288k per 150ml

Review: A friend of mine already told me how amazing this toner is, but I didn't believe it until I run out of toner and so I ended up buying this after reading a few good reviews about it. It only take 2 nights to make me realize how unbelievable smooth my skin is. The only downside about this product is the packaging, man! It'd better if it's a pump bottle, yes?

2. A must-have product for my hair:

The Body Shop Rainforest Radiance Detangling Spray

Price: IDR 129k per 250ml

Review: The product said it is a spray for colored hair, well I dyed my hair on October 2013, and my hair becomes dry, easily breaks and falls while shampoo-ing. It was really stressful because I had such a healthy hair back then (thumbs up for the confidence). Not to mention I do a lot of outdoor activities and I need something more than a shampoo and conditioner to protect my hair. It's like a leave-in conditioner with super amazing scent. I spray them after styling my hair.

Elianto Organic Olive Revitalising Serum

Price: RM 25 per 120ml

Review: The product comes in a tube with a gel-like serum. I apply them to my hair (not scalp) after washing my hair. The serum is to repair hair damage caused by regular hair perm and coloring. LOL. That's so me. I perm my hair regularly, have it dyed professionally every 3 months. It is a mineral oil free, synthetic color free with certified organic oil. I am using Elianto Organic Olive Shampoo too for scalp balancing. It's the only shampoo that I like more than Kérastase Bain Divalent that comes in so much cheaper price. Nuff said. I am sorry I couldn't give the IDR price. You can buy Elianto products in Centro Plaza Semanggi.

So tell me guys, what are your daily essentials?

Holika Holika Is In The House Yo!

As a fan of Korean beauty products, I am super happy that Holika Holika now opens in Mall Taman Anggrek (MTA). I can say that this mall is my favorite mall in West Jakarta after Puri Indah (cause its location not far from my residence). Not only because MTA has a wide range of Korean shop, it also has my 2 top fave milk tea shop, Share Tea and Calais!

Back to the main point, I always wanted to use Holika Holika products, but they only sell it online. Ugh.

As I run out my BB creams, I've been a devoted user of TonyMoly Honey-bee BB cream, see the review here. But then, I tried to change my BB cream again, I like TonyMoly, it didn't break me out, but then it's somewhat too oily for my combination skin. I changed to Etude House CC Cream in Silky, I like it that I don't have to blot my face (I know it's crazy!), but it doesn't give a good coverage, I had to use base cream first. Back then, I used Baby Choux Sweet Recipe from Etude House as my base. I got too tired cause it's not efficient, not only because I bought both the CC Cream and base cream in Singapore, but it takes twice of my makeup time LOL. I've been thinking of using a product that I can buy easily in Jakarta.

I bought the Petit BB Cream in Clearing, it contains tea tree, suitable for my acne prone, combination skin. It has SPF 30 PA++, basically the same SPF and PA like Honey-Bee. Besides, it is CHEAPER! I bought for IDR 128.000. I know it is rather expensive to buy it at the store compared to online. But the convenience of trying the product directly to your skin, you can't compare that!

Holika Holika Petit BB Clearing

It was like OMGYES when I saw Holika Holika store in MTA. I don't know a lot about their products, but I know that I always wanted to try their Pig Nose Clear Blackhead series. So I bought the pore strip, IDR 99.000 for 10 pieces.

I even edited it on my iPhone. HA! I'm using Papelook application :P

As you can see on the picture, that was my 'pig-nose' regime, I use Eggpore from TonyMoly first, then I use the pore strip and I end it by applying the Ice Queen Green Tea pack from Tony Moly. FYI, I put the Ice Queen in the refrigerator.

I tried it today, the feeling of using it didn't have any differences with the Biore one lor. Biore was even cheaper. I like Skin Food's one better though. Holika Holika has a cute packaging, that's it.

And so here's the result of the Clearing Petit BB cream. 

So far I love this BB cream! The coverage is medium but works great on me.

Here I'm using:

• Diorskin Nude Compact from Dior in Rosy Beige 32
• The Body Shop Brow & Liner Kit in shade 2
• MAC Zoom Lash
• Dior Addict Lipstick in 578 Diorkiss

Catch you later, folks!